FOOTBALL
NFL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
North W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 7 4 0 .636 247 238
Vikings 6 5 0 .545 218 192
Green Bay 5 6 0 .455 274 289
Chicago 2 9 0 .182 178 264
East W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 10 1 0 .909 316 213
N.Y. Giants 8 3 0 .727 231 213
Washington 6 4 1 .591 280 264
Philadelphia 5 6 0 .455 254 213
South W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 7 4 0 .636 358 302
Tampa Bay 6 5 0 .545 249 264
New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 334 307
Carolina 4 7 0 .364 276 281
West W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 7 3 1 .682 224 187
Arizona 4 6 1 .409 245 228
Los Angeles 4 7 0 .364 170 236
San Francisco 1 10 0 .091 228 344
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
North W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 6 5 0 .545 218 201
Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 266 222
Cincinnati 3 7 1 .318 213 245
Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352
East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 9 2 0 .818 293 197
Miami 7 4 0 .636 249 240
Buffalo 6 5 0 .545 281 236
N.Y. Jets 3 8 0 .273 196 266
South W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 6 5 0 .545 194 236
Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296
Indianapolis 5 6 0 .455 270 301
Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 214 293
West W L T Pct PF PA
Oakland 9 2 0 .818 307 275
Kansas City 8 3 0 .727 252 214
Denver 7 4 0 .636 266 219
San Diego 5 6 0 .455 313 291
Result Monday
Green Bay 27, Philadelphia 13
Game Thursday
Dallas at Vikings, 7:25 pm (Ch. 11/NFLN)
Games Sunday
Denver at Jacksonville, noon
Detroit at New Orleans, noon
Houston at Green Bay, noon
Kansas City at Atlanta, noon
Los Angeles at New England, noon
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, noon
Miami at Baltimore, noon
San Francisco at Chicago, noon
Buffalo at Oakland, 3:05 pm
N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 3:25 pm
Tampa Bay at San Diego, 3:25 pm
Washington at Arizona, 3:25 pm
Carolina at Seattle, 7:30 pm (Ch. 11)
Open: Tennessee, Cleveland
Games Monday
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 pm (ESPN)
COLLEGE
BIG TEN ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAMS
Note: Offensive teams will be announced Wednesday.
Defense • Chosen by coaches
DL—Jaleel Johnson, Iowa; Taco Charlton, Michigan; Chris Worley, Michigan; Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State.
LB—Jabrill Peppers, Michigan; Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State; T.J. Watt, Wisconsin.
DB—Desmond King, Iowa; Jourdan Lewis, Michigan; Malik Hooker, Ohio State; Marshon Lattimore, Ohio State.
Gophers chosen: Steven Richardson, third-team DL.
Special teams • Chosen by coaches
K—Tyler Davis, Penn State.
P—Cameron Johnston, Ohio State.
KR—Jabrill Peppers, Michigan.
Gophers chosen: Emmit Carpenter, second-team K.
Coach of the year • Chosen by coaches
Paul Chryst, Wisconsin
Defense • Chosen by media
DL—Carroll Phillips, Illinois; Taco Charlton, Michigan; Ifeadi Odenigbo, Northwestern; Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State.
LB—Jabrill Peppers, Michigan; Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State; T.J. Watt, Wisconsin.
DB—Desmond King, Iowa; Jourdan Lewis, Michigan; Malik Hooker, Ohio State; Sojourn Shelton, Wisconsin.
Gophers chosen: Steven Richardson, third-team DL.
Special teams • Chosen by media
K—Emmit Carpenter, Gophers.
P—Cameron Johnston, Ohio State.
KR—Jabrill Peppers, Michigan.
Coach of the year • Chosen by media
James Franklin, Penn State
BASKETBALL
TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS (Through Tuesday)
Player G Min Pts Reb Ast
Wiggins 17 36.3 22.9 3.9 2.2
Towns 17 34.6 21.0 9.5 2.5
LaVine 16 36.3 19.9 3.3 2.8
Dieng 17 31.8 10.6 8.3 2.6
Muhammad 14 15.8 6.7 2.1 0.4
Rubio 12 29.4 6.5 3.8 6.4
Bjelica 17 17.0 6.5 3.6 0.9
Payne 7 7.0 6.1 2.0 0.4
Jones 13 15.1 4.5 1.8 3.2
Dunn 17 18.1 3.5 2.5 2.6
Hill 2 5.4 3.0 3.0 0.0
Aldrich 17 11.8 2.4 3.4 0.4
Rush 9 10.7 1.6 1.0 0.7
Lucas III 5 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.2
Totals 17 240.0 103.1 42.1 21.5
Opponents 17 240.0 104.0 41.1 20.4
WNBA
2017 LYNX SCHEDULE
(Note: Home games in CAPS.)
MAY
14—CHICAGO, 6 pm; 18—at New York, 6 pm; 20—at Dallas, 7 pm; 23—CONNECTICUT, 7 pm; 26—at Connecticut, 6 pm; 28—SAN ANTONIO, 6 pm.
JUNE
3—at Seattle, 8 pm; 9—at Washington, 6 pm; 11—at Dallas, 3:30 pm; 17—CONNECTICUT, 7 pm; 23—WASHINGTON, 7 pm; 25—SAN ANTONIO, 6pm; 30—at Phoenix, 9 pm.
JULY
6—LOS ANGELES, 7 pm; 8—at Chicago, 7 pm; 14—at Phoenix, 9 pm; 16—PHOENIX, 6 pm; 19—DALLAS, noon; 25—NEW YORK, 7 pm; 28—at Atlanta, 6:30 pm; 30—SEATTLE, 6 pm.
AUGUST
3—ATLANTA, 7 pm; 6—at Indiana, 4 pm; 8—at Atlanta, 6 pm; 11—LOS ANGELES, 7 pm; 16—at Seattle, 9 pm; 18—INDIANA, 7 pm; 20—at New York, 2 pm; 22—PHOENIX, 7 pm; 25—at San Antonio, 7 pm; 27—at Los Angeles, 6 pm; 30—at Indiana, 6 pm.
SEPTEMBER
1—CHICAGO, 7 pm; 3—WASHINGTON, 6 pm.
HOCKEY
WILD STATISTICS
(Through Tuesday)
PLAYER GP G A TP +/- PIM
Staal 22 5 11 16 6 6
Coyle 22 8 7 15 4 18
Suter 22 4 11 15 11 8
Granlund 22 5 9 14 5 2
Niederreiter 22 7 7 14 9 4
Zucker 22 3 9 12 12 8
Koivu 22 4 7 11 4 6
Pominville 22 5 5 10 2 0
Brodin 22 2 8 10 2 12
Parise 15 4 5 9 -1 12
Haula 15 4 3 7 3 6
Dumba 22 2 5 7 5 16
Spurgeon 18 1 5 6 9 4
Eriksson Ek 9 2 3 5 2 2
Stewart 22 2 3 5 -1 29
Dalpe 9 1 2 3 0 9
Folin 19 0 2 2 8 16
Graovac 14 2 0 2 1 2
Scandella 11 0 2 2 -5 4
Bertschy 5 0 1 1 0 4
Prosser 9 0 1 1 0 0
Pulkkinen 8 1 0 1 -1 2
Mitchell 10 0 0 0 -1 0
Reilly 9 0 0 0 0 2
Schroeder 2 0 0 0 0 0
Olofsson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 22 62 106 168 0 188
Opponents 22 46 79 125 0 186
GOALIES W L OT SO Sv% GAA
Dubnyk 9 6 2 4 .946 1.66
Kuemper 2 2 1 0 .890 3.40
Totals 11 8 3 4 .930 2.09
Opponents 11 10 1 2 .907 2.81
COLLEGE • WOMEN
UPPER MIDWEST
Gustavus 3, Wis.-Eau Claire 2
SOCCER
MLS PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
(Montreal leads Toronto FC, 3-2)
Wednesday • Second leg
Montreal at Toronto FC, 6 pm
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
(Seattle def. Colorado, 3-1)
Sunday • Second leg
Seattle 1, Colorado 0
MLS CUP
Saturday, Dec. 10
Eastern winner vs. Seattle, 7 pm
COLLEGE • MEN
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
At Salem, Va.
Semifinals • Friday
St. Thomas vs. Tufts, 10 am
Brandeis vs. Calvin, 12:30 pm
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee: Designated 1B Chris Carter and OF Adam Walker for assignment. Agreed to terms with 1B Eric Thames on a three-year contract. Claimed RHP Steve Geltz off waivers from Tampa Bay.
Pittsburgh: Designated LHP Leff Locke for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Lisalverto Bonilla on a one-year contract.
FOOTBALL
NFL: Suspended Buffalo OT Seantrel Henderson 10 games for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.
Arizona: Re-signed WR Chris Hubert to the practice squad.
Buffalo: Signed DT Deandre Coleman and WR Dezmin Lewis from the practice squad and TE Gerald Christian to the practice squad.
Carolina: Placed Cs Ryan Kalil and Gino Gradkowski on injured reserve. Signed C Ryan Wendell. Signed OT Dan France from Cleveland's practice squad.
Chicago: Placed LB Danny Trevathan on injured reserve. Signed WR Daniel Braverman. Signed TE Justin Perillo to the practice squad.
N.Y. Giants: Placed RB Orleans Darkwa on injured reserve. Signed LB/S Eric Pinkins from the practice squad.
San Francisco: Placed LB Shane Skov on injured reserve. Signed S Marcus Ball from the practice squad and LB Wynton McManis to the practice squad.
Tampa Bay: Waived RB Mike James. Agreed to terms with S Major Wright. Waived WR Louis Murphy from the PUP list.
Tennessee: Signed CB D'Joun Smith to the practice squad.
Washington: Waived LS Rick Lovato. Signed DL A.J. Francis from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
NHLPA: LW Travis Moen announced his retirement.
SOCCER
MLS
Minnesota United: Named Adrian Heath coach.
Sporting K.C.: Signed manager and technical director Peter Vermes to a contract extension through the 2019 season.
TODAY'S LINE
NFL
FAVORITE LINE (O/U) UNDERDOG
Thursday
Dallas 3 (43½) VIKINGS
SUNDAY
Denver 4½ (42) JACKSONVILLE
ATLANTA 3½ (49) Kansas City
GREEN BAY 6½ (45½) Houston
Philadelphia 1½ (42½) CINCINNATI
NEW ORL. 5½ (53½) Detroit
CHICAGO 2 (43½) San Francisco
NEW ENG. 13½ (44½) Los Angeles
BALTIMORE 3 (40½) Miami
OAKLAND 3 (50) Buffalo
SAN DIEGO 3½ (47) Tampa Bay
ARIZONA 3 (49) Washington
PITTSBURGH 6 (49½) N.Y. Giants
SEATTLE 6½ (44) Carolina
MONDAY
Indianapolis 1½ (49½) N.Y. JETS
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
WEDNESDAY
TIMBERWOLVES 3½ New York
Sacramento 5½ PHILADELPHIA
TORONTO 10½ Memphis
BOSTON 8 Detroit
OKLA. CITY 5½ Washington
CHICAGO 10 L.A. Lakers
San Antonio 9 DALLAS
DENVER 5½ Miami
Atlanta 5½ PHOENIX
PORTLAND 8 Indiana
NHL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
WEDNESDAY
Pittsburgh -145/+135 N.Y. ISLES
CALGARY off/off Toronto
LOS ANGELES off/off San Jose
COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
WEDNESDAY
E. Michigan 7 DETROIT
Northeastern 4 CORNELL
CHARLOTTE 4½ James Madison
OLD DOMINION 14½ Dartmouth
ELON 11 Florida Int'l
MIAMI 16 Rutgers
MICHIGAN 5 Virginia Tech
LOUISVILLE 6½ Purdue
MARSHALL off Ohio
GEORGIA ST. 7 Wright St.
N.C.-Wilmington 6 W. MICHIGAN
TCU 7 Washington
ST. JOSEPH'S 2 Temple
INDIANA ST. 6½ N. Illinois
S. Alabama 5½ S. MISSISSIPPI
N. IOWA 13 George Mason
MISSISSIPPI 5 Middle Tenn.
KANSAS ST. 13½ Green Bay
ARKANSAS ST. 6½ Cleveland St.
DEPAUL 11 Drake
CLEMSON 10 Nebraska
S. Methodist 4½ BOISE ST.
BYU 8 Utah State
COLORADO 12½ Colorado St.
INDIANA off North Carolina
VIRGINIA off Ohio State
CALIFORNIA off Louisiana Tech
Southern Cal 14½ SAN DIEGO
SANTA CLARA off UC Irvine
St. Mary's, Calif. 3½ STANFORD
UCLA 25 UC Riverside
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Friday
W. Michigan 19 Ohio
Washington 7 Colorado
SATURDAY
WEST VIRGINIA 17 Baylor
TCU 4½ Kansas St.
S. ALABAMA 12 New Mexico St.
Troy 7 GA. SOUTHERN
La.-Lafayette 6½ LA.-MONROE
OKLAHOMA 11 Oklahoma St.
Arkansas St. 23 TEXAS STATE
IDAHO 6½ Georgia St.
W. KENTUCKY 10 Louisiana Tech
NAVY 3 Temple
Alabama 24 Florida
San Diego St. 7 WYOMING
Clemson 10½ Virginia Tech
Wisconsin 2½ Penn State
Note: Home teams are in CAPS.

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